Razor-guard.



' .retentir ernten CHARLES SENCER TATE, Oli CHICAGO, ILLINIS, ASSGNOR F NE-HLF T FRANK M. OSTERBERG, FROCKFGRD, ILLINOIS.

RAZOR-GUARQ roem/ee.

Specification o Letters Patent. .tpplieat'ion led February 1, 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, i912. Serial No. 606,031:

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. (ings, ,Whieii formillinois I useful `dle'll'e the to exact desielription of .These lat-ter razors have the lili? Ordinary razor of affording; more or less protection .against injury through cnt- Be it known that i, @refiners SPENCER Tern, e. citizen ot tire United States, residing at Chicago, countsF olf Gorda; Starte of lieve invented e Certain new and Inprovernent in RozonGnerds, end ilowing to be a full, clear, and the saine, suenos will enable ot ers skilled in, the ort to which it perteinsto make and .use the same, refer gnebeing had to the ecempmiying drew- -tion i My'inrention reletes in generol to it for razors und in portion r to detachable ,guards which may lie'applied to razors oi vorious sizes.

Many who are accustomed to rezors oi `the 'ordina-ry' type iind it inconvenient to ,usel-the variousso-celled sniety razors.

advantage over tlng.

The primary object ot my invention is to provide o 'safety guard which will not only prevent deep outs, but whih will smooth the' skin in advance' of the cutting edge7 keeping the skin smooth end dat, and preventing it from being injured as is the case Where the skin can roll up. under the guerd.

"A further object of my invention 4is to provide o safety guard which may easily loe adjusted to tit razors of different sizes.

A still further object of my invention' is to provide a safety guard i'or razors whioh will be vsimple in construction, in manufacture, and eiiieient in use. 3y

'The vorious features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will herein after bepointed outwitli partieulomit'ge"in the claims; but, for o full understanding@ my invention and of its objects ond' ndvantages, reference may be had to the fol-- lowing detailed description token 1n oounecw tionA with the accompanying drawing,

wherein:

Figure lis a. sidselerotion of my ime port. oi this `speeiiieo-l inexpensive l on lines 3-3 and fl-el of Fig. l, respecl l tively; and 5 fragment of the guard, oroduotions on the fingers.

inits simplest form, my guard comprises o sheet or" spring metal folded upon itself so as to produce n. trougiblike structure whose sides ure of unequal widths, the widtii ot' the trough increasing from the mouth toward the closed end. The Wide side of the trough has a series ofg'ua'rd fingers along its tree edge. The narrow wall of the guard engages with the" side ofthe razor' blade ond serresas a spring to press it against the onposite side. Suitable means are provided or adjusting the blade inond out and `t'or locking it in position. I prefer so to shape the guard that the blade has is on enlarged view of a illustrating the line bearing, the bearing on one side being upon the free edge of the narrow side'of the trough and the two bearings on the other side being near the cutting edge of the Fblede, and near the book.v The lastfmentioned bearing ispreferably afforded by a inciting screw. The guard ngers may be l graduated so es to guide the user in adjustf 'ing the blade in and out, making it-'easier for him to set the blade foro close shove or o medium shove. j l

Referring to the drawing, i represents a strip of spring sheet metal having o series of smallingers, 2, at one of its long edges. The strip is bent along o longitudinal line parallel with the latteredge so as to form o long trough-like member which decreases gradually in Width as themoutfh is reached. In the arrangement shown, the portion of lthe strip which is bent over is in the form of ears, 3, .the ears being long enough to engage et tlnei r free ends n r'zor binde et about' the longitudinal medial line. The ngers are curved, being inclined outwordlgrnot their `leases ond then turning inwardly again toward their free By this arrangement ends.

the portion ofV the strip along the bese of the ngers serves :i rib which will engage with theside of e razor blade near the the cutting edge oleo-r of the fingers.

f Within the trouglrliire holder lies a long strip, fi, which is carried upon the inner ends eut-ting edge and hold.

`v the cutting edge awa-j, from the guard fingers as would closeness in shaving and alla 1,034,743

While detail only a single, preferred torni of my invent-ion, I do not desire to be limited to the particular structural details so illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which 'lall within the terms employed in the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

l. In combination, l having sides of unequal gers along the free edge of the wide side of the trough, an adjusting screw -carried by the wide side oi the trough at a considerable distance from said lingers, a razor. blade lying in the trough and engaging with said screw and with. the wide side of near the bases ofv said fingers, the narrow side of the trough being resilient and engaging with the blade at a point between the points of engagement of the blade with the wide side ofthe trough and with the adjusting screw, the width of the bottom of the trough being greater than the thickness of the back edge ot the blade so as to leave the blade out of engagement with the narrow side ot the trough except adjacent to the tree edge of the latter.

2. In combination, a trough-like member having sides of unequal widths, guard iingers along the Jfree edge of the wide side of the trough, an adjusting screw carried by l the wide side oi the trough at a considerable be the case ii the lockingl distance from said fingers, a razor blade screw were lower .than the bearing point be lyingin `the trough and engaging with said tween the blade and the spring fingers. screw and with the wide side of the trough ot thumb screws, 5, passing through the bety tom portion of the trough. rI`he member l y is adapted to engage `with the back of a to determine the position of the l cutting edge lengthwise ot the teeth. The l member Ll may conveniently be secured 4to the inner ends of the screws by rivetingl them and therefore, I place the screws oppo l site to the spaces between the ears, 3, so that the riveting may take place after the holder has been bent into shape. r

For locking a blade in its adjusted positions, I provide a thumb screw, 6, which passes through the wide side of the trough so as to engage with the side of the razor near the back thereof.

Fig. 3 most clearly illustrates the manner of adjust-ing a blade and the peculiar conditions which exist during the adjustment and use ot the blade. In this Figure, 7 represents the blade and it will be seen that it is narrower at the back than the width of the trough at this point-L At one side it bears against the vlocking screw, 6, near the back and against the bearing rib er shoulder, S, adjacent to the cutting edge. On the opposite side the free ends of the ears, 3, engage therewith at a point between the locking screw and the 'bearing rib or shoulder, 8.- It will thus be scen't-hat when the locking screw is tightened, placing the spring ears under tension, there is no tendency to' swing a trough-like member widths, guard lin- Consequently, if the locking screw is tightnear the bases of said lingers, the narrow cned a little Itoo much, it can have. no bad side or the trough being resilient and en eitect on the action of the razor in shaving. j gaging with the Vblade at a point between the By shaping the guard fingers so that they points a preach the planeet the cutting edge near wide side of the trough and with the adjusttieir outer ends, they will press upon the ing screw, andan adjust-ing screw carried by skin in advance of the cutting edge and tend the 'bottom of the trough and engaging with to push it forward as the shaving operation the baclr or the blade, the width of the bot-- progresses keeping it taut directly in front j tom or" the 'trough being greater than the of the cutting edge so that the JOrmatiOn or thickness of the back edge of the blade so as wrinkles and consequent cutting ot the 4face l to leave the blade out of engagement' with i prevented. l the narrow side of the trough except ad- To facilitate the in and out adjustment o jacent to the free edge ot' the latter.

the blade -I place'suitable graduations on the guard fingers, the closeness to which the razor -will cut depending upon the positions ofthe cutting edge measured lengthwise of the guard 'tigers In the arrangement shown, I have rovided each finger with two separated mar (s, 9 and 10. When-the blade is setso as to place its edge along the'line of ymar-lts-x "lon 9, the razor will shave more Aclosely' than when set -farther back; consel quently, the user will soon learn where to set the blade in order to give the desiredi need not experii ment whenever he takes oil' the guard and puts it on again, in order to get the blade positioned properly'.

a trough-like member 'having-sides of' unequal widths, guard in-v gers along the free edge ot thewide side of the trough, an adjusting screw carried by the wide side oi the trough at a considerable 8. In combination,

lying in the trough and engaging with'said screw and with the wide side of the trough near the bases of said lingers, the narrow side ot the trough being resilient and enthe points oi' engagement of the blade'with adjusting screw, said lingers being curved so as to extend away from the plane or" the razor bla-de and then inwardly so as to bring of engagement of the blade with the' the wide side oi' the trough and with the' I have illustrated and described in the trough distance from said fingers, a razor blade? gaging with the blade at a'point between their extreme outer ends nearest the plane Y In testimony whereof, I sign this specifiof the blade, the width of the bottom of the cation in the presence of two witnesses. trough being greaterthan the thickness of the back edge of the blade so as to leave the CHARLES SPENCER TATE' 5 blade out of engagement with the narrow Witnesses: side of the trough except adjacent to the FLORENCE MITCHELL,

free edge of the latter. WM. F. FREUDEMEISH. 

